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romney is totally debate fit in my opinion. he is in fighting shach after demolishing ten opponents in 20 debates. mr. obama on the other hand, he's a bit doughy, i don't think he's in shape for this. and by the way, just minutes ago, north korea accused the united states of plotting to attack it as a steppingstone to dominate asia and has used the word nuclear war. well, how does president obama plan on handling these nut jobs? let me tell you that wednesday's debate, romney is going to broaden his message to include foreign policy. >>> plus we have a surprise increase in the ism manufacturing report. >>> plus again bernanke defends his debt plan. he's enabling the obama treasury to sell trillions of dollars in deficits. >>> hundreds of mexicans are involved in the fast and furious. this is a terrible story, hundreds of mexicans may be involved. should attorney general holder be fired immediately over this new information? >>> the ism signals no recession, that's good. but is the obama-bernanke qe stimulus plan going to bail o
romney is totally debate fit in my opinion. he is in fighting shach after demolishing ten opponents in 20 debates. mr. obama on the other hand, he's a bit doughy, i don't think he's in shape for this. and by the way, just minutes ago, north korea accused the united states of plotting to attack it as a steppingstone to dominate asia and has used the word nuclear war. well, how does president obama plan on handling these nut jobs? let me tell you that wednesday's debate, romney is going to...
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nanners. >>> the third and final debate between romney and obama. marissa mayer lays out her vision for yahoo!. they posted better than expected third quarter results. mulberry stock plunges after they warn on profit, citing weaker international sales and cutting their price targets. plus israel's central bank head tells cnbc the country is planning for all sorts of eventualities amid continuing tensions with iran. data out of the uk, mortgage approoa approvals a slight tech teick u from august number. august is normally a weaker month. net consumer credit, 200 million up in september. it contracted in august. august was a pretty poor month for credit anyway. sterling-dollar 1.6005. barely bunl bunched on thabudget data. bond yields in spain and italy nudging higher. gilts just below 1.9%. euro-dollar still away from the one month high, 1.3140. dollar-yen, though, 79.73. we hit a three month high earlier on, just over 80. euro-yen hitting a five month high. the country's economics minister says he once again hopes to attend next week's central bank
nanners. >>> the third and final debate between romney and obama. marissa mayer lays out her vision for yahoo!. they posted better than expected third quarter results. mulberry stock plunges after they warn on profit, citing weaker international sales and cutting their price targets. plus israel's central bank head tells cnbc the country is planning for all sorts of eventualities amid continuing tensions with iran. data out of the uk, mortgage approoa approvals a slight tech teick u...
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last time the obama campaign branded romney a liar in the first debate. what are you watching for again. >> we'll see if they do it again, how both navigate the facts. how do you twist the truth while looking a voter in the eye. how do you call out your opponent and from that same voter without looking petty or whiney. answer carefully. that's the difficult dynamic of the town hall format and why fact checking is especially important in this debate. last debate you know they tussled on taxes, on deficit, stimulus, health care. tonight foreign policy is fair game too. libya the middle east, china. we are armed with the facts but need your help, tweet us with #cnbc2012 or e-mail us investigations inc at cnbc.com. >> the president needs a strong performance after being criticized a after being lack luster in debate number one. >> back in 1984 ronald reagan had stakes after showing his age against walter mondale. this moment changed the entire race. >> you already are the oldest president in history and some of your staff say you were tired after your most re
last time the obama campaign branded romney a liar in the first debate. what are you watching for again. >> we'll see if they do it again, how both navigate the facts. how do you twist the truth while looking a voter in the eye. how do you call out your opponent and from that same voter without looking petty or whiney. answer carefully. that's the difficult dynamic of the town hall format and why fact checking is especially important in this debate. last debate you know they tussled on...
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now about half way into the debate romney gave us a fabulous short idea with this clip. >> you put $90 billion, like 50 years worth of breaks into solar and wind to solyndra and tesla and i had a friend who said you don't just pick winners and losers, you pick the losers. >> tesla on the kindness of the government. that kindness will be over if the white house gets a new occupant. i suggest buying tesla in november. 25s look juicy. both candidates had a lot to say about oil. here's obama. >> the oil industry gets $4 billion a year in corporate welfare. now does anybody think that exxonmobil needs some extra money when they're making money every time you go to the pump? >> you that i exxon would have gotten hit today, right? it rallied 52 cents. some can argue that is because the market senses a romney victory. no way. exxon is just bigger than any president. >> your administration cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them. >> we aren't going to make money buying federal lands. but if more were opened, it would be a bonanza for the oil service in
now about half way into the debate romney gave us a fabulous short idea with this clip. >> you put $90 billion, like 50 years worth of breaks into solar and wind to solyndra and tesla and i had a friend who said you don't just pick winners and losers, you pick the losers. >> tesla on the kindness of the government. that kindness will be over if the white house gets a new occupant. i suggest buying tesla in november. 25s look juicy. both candidates had a lot to say about oil. here's...
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some say mitt romney may have reset his presidency bid with the debate tonight. stocks are higher. he's generally viewed friendlier to business in wall street. we're also seeing specific groups move in sync with romney's position. coal stocks, for example, getting a lift after he addressed support for them last night. hospital stocks are down on concerns heck make big changes to elements of obamacare that could help hospitals. we should point out energy is very strong today. that, of course, has been one of the leaders for stocks this year. they are powering the market higher as well today with the dow just off the highs, up 86 points. the nasdaq's up 12 points right now at 3148. the s&p is up 10-plus points right now at 1461. maria. >> all right, bill. the minutes from the federal reserve september policy meeting today out shedding little new light on the fed's future plans, but of course tomorrow's september jobs report will off more clues about the health of the economy. we're going to get some thoughts about what to expect out of the jobs numbers and from this rally. >> everybo
some say mitt romney may have reset his presidency bid with the debate tonight. stocks are higher. he's generally viewed friendlier to business in wall street. we're also seeing specific groups move in sync with romney's position. coal stocks, for example, getting a lift after he addressed support for them last night. hospital stocks are down on concerns heck make big changes to elements of obamacare that could help hospitals. we should point out energy is very strong today. that, of course,...
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romney, many of them, and some 67 million watched the debates. another thing that has closed very dramatically is the president's edge on foreign policy. this certainly must trace right back to the debacle in benghazi. >> absolutely. the president has really squandered the advantage that he had after the killing of osama bin laden. mitt romney and obama essentially tied on who's best for foreign policy. the president's approval rating has slipped dramatically in this regard and the third and final debate is going to be about foreign policy. some very troubling developments the e has tried to turn the page past that. but obviously they've been unable. >> i don't want to put you on the spot if it is not a number you have on the top of your head, but both of these campaigns have been spending an amazing amount of time in the state of ohio. how is that stacking up right now? >> the sense of both campaigns is that obama has a slight edge but that the race has tightened there since the debate and romney spent much of the weekend there. paul ryan there
romney, many of them, and some 67 million watched the debates. another thing that has closed very dramatically is the president's edge on foreign policy. this certainly must trace right back to the debacle in benghazi. >> absolutely. the president has really squandered the advantage that he had after the killing of osama bin laden. mitt romney and obama essentially tied on who's best for foreign policy. the president's approval rating has slipped dramatically in this regard and the third...
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with that you were talking about in the debating, squaring romney care and obama care and what you called vulture capitalism. is there any part of you that says this is what we were talking about? >> the choice between barack obama and mitt romney is about as stark as you can get. and that's the choice americans have to make. if you want something that wants to force your state to go into government run washington centric exchanges, expand the cost of government, then vote for barack obama. if you want someone with a business background that says he will repeal obama care, he will need to vote for perform. ly support him in every way they can because he will get the country back on track. what we do here in the state of texas, has worked loyally with me, we both understand there is a clear resolve of having low taxation, a fair and predictable regulation, and a legal system that does not allow for oversuing. another level, if you will, of protection for the businessmen and women in the state that want to risks their capital. they know they can do that and that's the reason they continue t
with that you were talking about in the debating, squaring romney care and obama care and what you called vulture capitalism. is there any part of you that says this is what we were talking about? >> the choice between barack obama and mitt romney is about as stark as you can get. and that's the choice americans have to make. if you want something that wants to force your state to go into government run washington centric exchanges, expand the cost of government, then vote for barack...
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but on style, it's clear that romney won this debate. he seemed to be more aggressive, just what he needed to do. and i think obama actually did well on substance but i think he was actually employing something sort of a defense. he wasn't trying to gain. he was just trying to not harm himself. i don't know if that is a good thing or bad thing. romney needed to do something. he did what he needed to do. i don't know if that is enough to win the election. >> there is a lot of debate online about why the president never invoked the 47% video. some speculate maybe he is trying to keep aces in his pocket. did that surprise you? >> well, what surprised me is there is very little talk about the kind of things he seemed to obsess about. the briefous gaffes, videotape. i thought it was a forward looking day for romney who took a lot of time outlining the plan. you have been talking about this. what is really going on with the president tonight? he seemed a little lethargic and slow. i think the word is malaise. this is a president who seems stuc
but on style, it's clear that romney won this debate. he seemed to be more aggressive, just what he needed to do. and i think obama actually did well on substance but i think he was actually employing something sort of a defense. he wasn't trying to gain. he was just trying to not harm himself. i don't know if that is a good thing or bad thing. romney needed to do something. he did what he needed to do. i don't know if that is enough to win the election. >> there is a lot of debate online...
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. >>> big night on cnbc, not just because it's the first debate for romney and obama. it's because here on "mad money," it's wednesday. what do we play on wednesdays? you've got it. time to see about your pofrls. time to play ffd ffd. time to play "am i diversified?." we've gotten inundated with tweets. we have to go to them. this is from dimas 720. m mo,, pep, point guard, cop, nyb. i'm saying it's highly unlikely. procter & gamble, uh-oh, pepsi, consumer products company. altria, conoco phillips, new york community, high-yielding financial. keep altria. between pepsi and procter, keep pepsi. we're going to put in a health care company. at this point i'm going a little aggressive. go celgene. let's go to ed in new york, please. ed? >> caller: hey. >> hey. modern portfolio. it's a modern portfolio. i have popeye's. i love the red beans and rice. aig is my favorite financial. michael kors is the terrific apparel company where they still charge $200 even at the outlets. dynavax. and facebook is not doing as badly as everybody else. internet company, financial, apparel co
. >>> big night on cnbc, not just because it's the first debate for romney and obama. it's because here on "mad money," it's wednesday. what do we play on wednesdays? you've got it. time to see about your pofrls. time to play ffd ffd. time to play "am i diversified?." we've gotten inundated with tweets. we have to go to them. this is from dimas 720. m mo,, pep, point guard, cop, nyb. i'm saying it's highly unlikely. procter & gamble, uh-oh, pepsi, consumer...
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then on the 16th you got the second obama-romney debate. on the 22nd final obama-romney debate. then the last friday before the election one more jobs number. my own inclination the job numbers aren't quite as "game change"ing for debates as for the reason voters know how they feel about the economy. they don't need a government report. it does get a lot of attention and we got a race that's plainly at this point even though obama still has a slight advantage in the battleground states this race can go either way. >> interesting. then we got the governor, of course, speaking at vmi about foreign policy, an area for which a little while he appeared to want to take the campaign, at least before the debate. how ground moving is this? >> reporter: i don't think it's very ground moving. it's not what people will vote on. for romney it's an effort to press a leadership advantage which may be one of the things that move the numbers for him after the debate. he looks strong on the stage with president obama. he took the fight to obama. obama was a little bit more passive. but ultimately
then on the 16th you got the second obama-romney debate. on the 22nd final obama-romney debate. then the last friday before the election one more jobs number. my own inclination the job numbers aren't quite as "game change"ing for debates as for the reason voters know how they feel about the economy. they don't need a government report. it does get a lot of attention and we got a race that's plainly at this point even though obama still has a slight advantage in the battleground...
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is it governor romney or his debate coach? >> i think it goes back to $6 million in the final week on television ads. he is a more disciplined kaebt but in florida, you have to have it on the airwaves. he's got it. good debate but it comes down to money here in florida. >> bob costa, we will see you tomorrow evening for much more. sorry for the truncated version tonight. i want to get right to my a-plus political panel. republican strategist vin weber. dave goodfriend former clinton white house official. and jim pesakukas. here is my beef. we have an issue in the campaign, believe it or not, a balanced budget deficit. the economy and jobs were second. i'm going to finish -- not knowing where either newt or mitt or any candidates stand on the balanced budget. on what they would cut, how to get the debt down, how to deal with deficits. to me, all of this name-calling, jimmy, was a wasted opportunity. >> well, we do know mitt romney, one thing he doesn't want, he doesn't want -- >> that was close as we got. >> beyond that, it's s
is it governor romney or his debate coach? >> i think it goes back to $6 million in the final week on television ads. he is a more disciplined kaebt but in florida, you have to have it on the airwaves. he's got it. good debate but it comes down to money here in florida. >> bob costa, we will see you tomorrow evening for much more. sorry for the truncated version tonight. i want to get right to my a-plus political panel. republican strategist vin weber. dave goodfriend former clinton...
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the romney index is up. >> will tonight's debate give the market clarity? or only more confusion? >> what we did was take away those leases and we are now, so we can actually make a profit. >> production on government lands is down. >> no, it isn't. >> production on government land of oil is down 14%. >> governor, what you're saying is not true. >> regardless of the election, investors continue to scream, i like ike anything. >> everybody likes ike for president. >> a lot of people on twitter is playing the name game, predicting the ipad mini will be called ipad air. nigel things apple will call the mini the ipad and rename its latest full-sized ipad the ipad pro. >> election, apple, earnings. on "fast money" right now. >>> and we are live from the nasdaq market site in times square. i'm michelle caruso-cabrera in for melissa lee. apple bringing the rest of the market with it. intraday chart, apple posting their best day in five months. what's the takeaway, guys? here's goldman sachs coming out saying enough is enough with the saleoff. is that enough to make this stock move like t
the romney index is up. >> will tonight's debate give the market clarity? or only more confusion? >> what we did was take away those leases and we are now, so we can actually make a profit. >> production on government lands is down. >> no, it isn't. >> production on government land of oil is down 14%. >> governor, what you're saying is not true. >> regardless of the election, investors continue to scream, i like ike anything. >> everybody likes...
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romney had tremendous momentum after all three debates, okay. then comes hurricane sandy. the romney campaign is basically suspended for about five days. you've got president obama looking presidential and getting a bear hug with governor christie of new jersey. how much do you think that hurt the romney operation? >> larry, it froze the race in place for five or six days as you pointed out. the governor canceled several events in virginia as did the president. right thing to do. it did stem that tide of momentum i think a little bit in virginia. and certainly gave the president the chance to dominate a few news cycles to do what they needed to do and fema did a good job. even though most of the efforts state and local governments, president was out there doing the right thing. partisanship goes out the window during natural disasters. it hurt governor romney because he had five days he couldn't do anything. hopefully that won't hurt him in virginia. i still think we win by a couple. >> thank you so much, governor. >> governor, a lot of republicans are annoyed with chris c
romney had tremendous momentum after all three debates, okay. then comes hurricane sandy. the romney campaign is basically suspended for about five days. you've got president obama looking presidential and getting a bear hug with governor christie of new jersey. how much do you think that hurt the romney operation? >> larry, it froze the race in place for five or six days as you pointed out. the governor canceled several events in virginia as did the president. right thing to do. it did...
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romney and i think it's a very winnable debate for him tonight. the mainstream media has painted him as inept and gaffe-prone, and that is simply not the case. i think the expectations are so low for romney tonight that when he can't be edited or taken out of context, i think it's a very winnable debate. >> if you go back in every election, the republicans are always painted -- but by definition, they are kind of stupid and gaffe-prone. they're republicans. why can't you figure that out? look at the views according to mainstream media. look at the views that they hold. by definition, they are stupid. >> i think if romney -- >> we painted john kerry as stupid. we painted al gore as goofy. >> al gore was honing his skills at harvard. george bush was cheerleading at yale and he had a higher gpa. barack obama just admitted, i was a crappy student. but we'll never know. by definition. and look at you. look how smart you are compared to me. "new york times," too big to fail, all that stuff. anyway, mike -- >> what i think romney needs to do -- >> we've
romney and i think it's a very winnable debate for him tonight. the mainstream media has painted him as inept and gaffe-prone, and that is simply not the case. i think the expectations are so low for romney tonight that when he can't be edited or taken out of context, i think it's a very winnable debate. >> if you go back in every election, the republicans are always painted -- but by definition, they are kind of stupid and gaffe-prone. they're republicans. why can't you figure that out?...
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romney had teamed up somehow and were tag teaming him in the course of the debate. was there any truth to that conspiracy theory? >> no. some people are more into conspiracies than i am. i think he's more involved in conspiracies. no. it's just because we're cordial with each other. we've known each other and we talk about family. he has five kids. we have five kids. so, i don't know whether it's a crime to -- >> ron, will you back the eventual republican nominee wholeheartedly whoever it is? >> wholeheartedly, i would have to reassess that, because -- because, you know, they're still talking about -- they want more than obama. i think obama wants way too much. he's ready to go into syria under the u.n. resolutions and flaunting the responsibility to tell congress or ask congress. no, i would have a lot of trouble with that, i want people -- and i think it may shift. the people are shifting so the politicians will shift their views, too, now that people want to come home by november. and obama is upstaging the republicans because now he has once again become the pea
romney had teamed up somehow and were tag teaming him in the course of the debate. was there any truth to that conspiracy theory? >> no. some people are more into conspiracies than i am. i think he's more involved in conspiracies. no. it's just because we're cordial with each other. we've known each other and we talk about family. he has five kids. we have five kids. so, i don't know whether it's a crime to -- >> ron, will you back the eventual republican nominee wholeheartedly...
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president obama, governor romney gearing up for their third and final make or break debate. this time focusing on foreign policy. it comes as a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows the two men in a dead heat, a tie. john harwood live at the debate site in boca raton, florida. >> reporter: tyler, it is 47%-47% among likely voters which tells you that turnout is going to be everything in this race. one of the functions of these debates is for each candidate to energize their side and pump up turnout. we saw that successful first debate that mitt romney energized republicans in a very major way. president obama did that to some extent among democrats in the second debate. but i want to talk a little bit about what has gotten the two sides to this tie. obama's been leading for the last several months. he had a three-point lead in mid-september but two things have happened to get mitt romney up to 47%. the first thing is he's re-asserted his edge on handling the economy. that was tied in september. now he leads obama 46%-40% on who would be better able to manage the econ
president obama, governor romney gearing up for their third and final make or break debate. this time focusing on foreign policy. it comes as a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows the two men in a dead heat, a tie. john harwood live at the debate site in boca raton, florida. >> reporter: tyler, it is 47%-47% among likely voters which tells you that turnout is going to be everything in this race. one of the functions of these debates is for each candidate to energize...
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romney and obama facing off last night in their first presidential debate. among the topics they sparred over, revenue. take a listen. >> there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. now, governor romney has ruled out revenue. he's ruled out revenue. >> absolutely. look, the revenue i get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. that's how we get growth and how we balance the budget. but the idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll never get there. >> for reaction from the obama campaign, the co-founder and former ceo of car max, austin leggen joins us from richmond, virginia. austin, good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you? >> good. i'd love to get your take on that specific moment which has been cited by many to be one of romney's most coherent, concise arguments for his view of the role of government. you agree? >> well, it may have been quick and a good sound bite, but it's not very coherent or concise. what he says is growth will give you revenue which will give you growth. i mean, what he's
romney and obama facing off last night in their first presidential debate. among the topics they sparred over, revenue. take a listen. >> there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. now, governor romney has ruled out revenue. he's ruled out revenue. >> absolutely. look, the revenue i get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. that's how we get growth and how we balance the budget. but the idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll...
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but what do you think that mitt romney needs to do in this debate to reach out to people? >> he's going to have to give us a coherent view of what he thinks. i think his biggest problem is he's all over the map all the time. the 47% thing was really damaging and then he came back and said, well, no, i'm for everybody. then he said that people could get, you know, were had universal health insurance. if they need health insurance, they go to the emergency room. that doesn't sit well. >> i've got to watch you like a hawk. i enjoyed having you on kudlow the other night. double digits to you is nine points. how does that work? >> close, close. >> you can't round up when it is nine. do you round up six to double digits? >> i try not to do that. >> you know i'm sitting here. >> i'm closer than larry lindsey was about the close of the iraq war. >> you got two guesses, i shouldn't do this, but i'm fascinated to ask neel about the imf report yesterday that said the banks were in no better shape than it was before. >> well, to be honest, i haven't read the imf report. in fact, right
but what do you think that mitt romney needs to do in this debate to reach out to people? >> he's going to have to give us a coherent view of what he thinks. i think his biggest problem is he's all over the map all the time. the 47% thing was really damaging and then he came back and said, well, no, i'm for everybody. then he said that people could get, you know, were had universal health insurance. if they need health insurance, they go to the emergency room. that doesn't sit well....
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squaring off in the first of three presidential debates. there's been a lot of talk that the market is already pricing in an obama re-election. in fact, in trade showing betters placing a 70% chance on an obama re-election. but some new polls suggest romney is closing the gap. so what happens to the markets and your money if mitt romney pulls ahead or wins? joining us, art, is a romney win bad for stocks? art, we're going to get your mike running. is a romney win bad for stocks? >> i think a romney win is great for stocks. at least the psychology will be two things. first, first cal conservati first, fiscal conservative coming in 2013 to help with growth prosper. second thing, who's going to handle the fiscal cliff the fastest. i think if things remain the same, the fiscal cliff will take a lot longer to fix. we'll have to drive off the cliff and step back from it some time next year. two levels of stock appreciation will be assumption that you get better growth in the economy and the fiscal cliff gets fixed quicker. >> that's a very good p
squaring off in the first of three presidential debates. there's been a lot of talk that the market is already pricing in an obama re-election. in fact, in trade showing betters placing a 70% chance on an obama re-election. but some new polls suggest romney is closing the gap. so what happens to the markets and your money if mitt romney pulls ahead or wins? joining us, art, is a romney win bad for stocks? art, we're going to get your mike running. is a romney win bad for stocks? >> i...
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i think romney will do well in the debates. challengers do well in the debates. >> hispanic vote. they come out? the young people? >> they'll come out again. now, george bush was elected president twice because he won the hispanic vote over 35%. he got 40%. mitt romney's at about 20% to 25% right now. he's too far behind. and states are going massively for the president. >> what polls do you read that you actually think are right? if you looked at rasmussen, you'd think it's a jump ball race. >> i do think it will be very close. i think talking about three or four electoral votes, i think we're also talking about those eight states that are critical. the ohios, the colorados and nevadas, floridas. but img t think the president i moving forward. >> the latest polls actually show president obama has a big lead in states like ohio and florida. do you believe those polls? >> they move around, but i do think that he got a bump after the democratic convention. no republican has been elected president without winning ohio. so i think that's -- mitt romney will have to rebound. and i see
i think romney will do well in the debates. challengers do well in the debates. >> hispanic vote. they come out? the young people? >> they'll come out again. now, george bush was elected president twice because he won the hispanic vote over 35%. he got 40%. mitt romney's at about 20% to 25% right now. he's too far behind. and states are going massively for the president. >> what polls do you read that you actually think are right? if you looked at rasmussen, you'd think it's a...
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. >>> big night on cnbc, not just because it's the first debate for romney and obama. it's because here on "mad money," it's wednesday. what do we play on wednesdays? you've got it. time to see about your port o portfolios are protected. time to play "am i diversified?." this is where you call me, you tell me your top five holdings and i tell you whether you need to diversify. we've gotten inundated with tweets. we have to go to them. this is from dimas720. i think i know a dmas who writes am i diversified, altria, trokter and gamble can, conoco phillips, big california boo-yah. mike dimas is from summit new jersey. procter & gamble, uh-oh, pepsi, consumer products company. altria, there's a match game thing going on there. conoco phillips, new york community, high yielding financial. keep altria. between pepsi and procter, keep pepsi. proctor is a work in progress although mr. mcdonald is doing much better. we're going to put in yes, a health care company. at this point i'm going a little aggressive. go celgene. let's go to ed in new york, please. ed? >> caller: hey.
. >>> big night on cnbc, not just because it's the first debate for romney and obama. it's because here on "mad money," it's wednesday. what do we play on wednesdays? you've got it. time to see about your port o portfolios are protected. time to play "am i diversified?." this is where you call me, you tell me your top five holdings and i tell you whether you need to diversify. we've gotten inundated with tweets. we have to go to them. this is from dimas720. i think...
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romney. >> former governor of virginia. you ran the republican national committee. senator tester up for re-election. claire mchas kel, bill nelson, former astronaut, up for re-election. joe mansion said he's going to have no part of this. take that group. if there is an amendment they might vote with the republicans to extend the full tax cut. what do you think? >> that's right. one of the virginia senators, jim webb said the same thing. he's not going to get it. but he ought not to get it. this is a distraction. it's a distraction away from a terrible recovery that's not going on the way it is supposed to go. if you're rcoming out of a recovery you should not be making 80,000. you should be way up there. investment causes that. this is fine for people getting the break. for everybody else this is a distraction and a way to tamp down investment. jobs are good for the middle class, not the tax cut. >> come on, guys. cutting taxes for 95% is not a distraction. you guys should be cheering it saying the obama is acting on the
romney. >> former governor of virginia. you ran the republican national committee. senator tester up for re-election. claire mchas kel, bill nelson, former astronaut, up for re-election. joe mansion said he's going to have no part of this. take that group. if there is an amendment they might vote with the republicans to extend the full tax cut. what do you think? >> that's right. one of the virginia senators, jim webb said the same thing. he's not going to get it. but he ought not...
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president and mitt romney running neck and neck ahead of tonight's final debate. i'll talk to senator john mccain coming up and ask him why energy policy in this country might be the biggest foreign policy issue in tonight's debate. >>> would you ever say no to a pile of free money? millions of americans are doing just that and you might be one of them. stay with us on this story. back in a moment. >>> welcome back. yahoo! up nearly 3% right now. stock higher an reporting better than expected earnings and better revenue as well. julia boorstin recapping the yahoo! quarter. >> those yahoo! shares are trading higher because the company reported significantly better than expected results. adjusted earnings per share came in at 35 cents. that's ten cents more than wall street expected. revenue grew 2% to $1.09 billion. there's more than 1% revenue growth wall street expected. driving that upside was the fact that search revenue excludeing traffic acquisition cost increased 11% over last year. gap display revenue was up just 1% from a year ago. now we'll be listening c
president and mitt romney running neck and neck ahead of tonight's final debate. i'll talk to senator john mccain coming up and ask him why energy policy in this country might be the biggest foreign policy issue in tonight's debate. >>> would you ever say no to a pile of free money? millions of americans are doing just that and you might be one of them. stay with us on this story. back in a moment. >>> welcome back. yahoo! up nearly 3% right now. stock higher an reporting...
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ann romney talked about her and mitt romney eating tuna fish when they were a newlywed couple. it is almost a retro election that we're sort of debating the debate that went on in the 1980s. the middle class is in the middle of a very competitive global economy. we have to up our game. we have to up our game. better skills for all workers. better competitiveness in the private sector and a real fiscal plan. we're not getting any of that. again, it's naive and probably won't happen but i think people want to hear real answers. simpson-bowles impressed a lot of people. president appointed the deficit reduction committee and he walked away from its findings. it is very disappointsing so far. >> that's a very interesting point. do you agree both parties are kind of misunderstanding what the middle class is, they're misrepresenting the middle class, if you like. if you don't really understand what the middle class is and what they need, it is very difficult to find solutions for them. >> well absolutely. just to paint such a broad brush as the middle class, demographically it is so
ann romney talked about her and mitt romney eating tuna fish when they were a newlywed couple. it is almost a retro election that we're sort of debating the debate that went on in the 1980s. the middle class is in the middle of a very competitive global economy. we have to up our game. we have to up our game. better skills for all workers. better competitiveness in the private sector and a real fiscal plan. we're not getting any of that. again, it's naive and probably won't happen but i think...
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obama has always avoided debating with mitt romney on those issues. he's changed the subject. it's interesting to watch. the president knows that mr. ryan knows more about the budget and taxes than he does and, therefore, he doesn't really want to debate him on these things. of course, that's a "wall street journal" talking at that point. >> i'm not sure that's true, joe. >> i know, i know. >> but, remember, the moment -- remember the moment when president obama delivered his version of a ten-year deficit reduction plan in a speech, i believe it was at georgetown university and paul ryan was in the front row and he called out ryan's budget. a lot of republicans thought that was a cheap shot. but the obama campaign wanted to elevate that. >> but people didn't think that he would even show to that. and it did seem like a -- i don't know. the supreme court felt the same way at the state of the union that time when they were being scolded. >> my question for john, and it goes back to the question of independence, the 8% that has not made up its mind, does this help them on the rep
obama has always avoided debating with mitt romney on those issues. he's changed the subject. it's interesting to watch. the president knows that mr. ryan knows more about the budget and taxes than he does and, therefore, he doesn't really want to debate him on these things. of course, that's a "wall street journal" talking at that point. >> i'm not sure that's true, joe. >> i know, i know. >> but, remember, the moment -- remember the moment when president obama...
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romney has beaten rick santorum to win the republican presidential primary. ten states were up for grabs on super tuesday. mitt romney took sex, rick santorum took three, and newt gingrich took one, his home state of georgia. this is how super tuesday has panned out. only very marginally did mitt romney manage to hang onto that. at the end of super tuesday, we don't have an overwhelming move in either direction as to who manages to really win the party's trust and also should look at how this pans out to after super tuesday because this is how the picture is your all and it's pretty stark to see romney is represented here by orange is proving the most popular to the far east and to the far west of the u.s. rick santorum in red is managing to hang on with his particularly conservative stance to that part of the country. jackie. >> thanks, becky. joining us now to talk more about super tuesday and crystal ball, democratic strategist, former candidate for congress in and also a cnbc contribute. romney did jeff nuft to sort of stay the front-runner but he certain
romney has beaten rick santorum to win the republican presidential primary. ten states were up for grabs on super tuesday. mitt romney took sex, rick santorum took three, and newt gingrich took one, his home state of georgia. this is how super tuesday has panned out. only very marginally did mitt romney manage to hang onto that. at the end of super tuesday, we don't have an overwhelming move in either direction as to who manages to really win the party's trust and also should look at how this...
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would solidify a romney runaway and that presents very bullish market stock opportunities
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let's get both sides of the debate. former economic clinton adviser with me now, high school of business, americans love big government even if they don't realize it. on the opposing side, mitt romney and kevin with aei. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you, maria. >> many americans who criticize big government would support it if they understand the meaning of big government. please explain. >> i think it's simple. you know what the statistics are. you have 20% of medicare and medicaid, 20% in defense, about 5% or so, a little bit more in interest payments on the debt. so i assume people on survey after survey don't want to cut social security, medicare and medicaid, they are worried about cutting big cuts in defense or might say everything else. and then you have to say, well what is everything else? science, infrastructure, education, food stamps, aid to children who are very, very poor, ppoo poor, pell grants. i want people to understand what the government spent its money on and then make the hard is choices
let's get both sides of the debate. former economic clinton adviser with me now, high school of business, americans love big government even if they don't realize it. on the opposing side, mitt romney and kevin with aei. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you, maria. >> many americans who criticize big government would support it if they understand the meaning of big government. please explain. >> i think it's simple. you know what the statistics are. you have 20% of...
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we've seen 20 televised debates and a lot of money spent on negative campaigning. if it's decided within the next four weeks and romney can make that happen then we're looking at a general election contest and it won't have lasting damage f. it goes well into the summer for a primary season that has already gone on very long, it could have lasting damage for the republicans. >> and, tony, let's assume, as you say, you can't knock romney out. at the end of this super tuesday will we have a clear idea who may be the romney alternative? is the opposition to romney going to come down to one other candidate, and who is that going to be? >> well, rick santorum would like to be that candidate. right now he has a strong case to be the alternative to mitt romney. the disaster scenario for rick santorum is the fact that newt gingrich is running today in the state of georgia. as you noted, ross, it's the largest delegate haul today. a big win there for gingrich gives him the power, the authority to stay in the race longer. and that really, really hurts santorum in trying to t
we've seen 20 televised debates and a lot of money spent on negative campaigning. if it's decided within the next four weeks and romney can make that happen then we're looking at a general election contest and it won't have lasting damage f. it goes well into the summer for a primary season that has already gone on very long, it could have lasting damage for the republicans. >> and, tony, let's assume, as you say, you can't knock romney out. at the end of this super tuesday will we have a...
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. >>> well, coal was a hot debate topic last night with president obama blasting mitt romney's record on coal. >> governor, when you were governor of massachusetts you stood in front after coal plant and pointed at it and said, this plant kills. and took great pride in shutting it down. and now suddenly you're a big champion of coal. >> so what is romney's record on coal? joining us now, beth daily, environmental reporter for "the boston globe." beth, thank you very much for joining us to try and set this record straight. is it fair to say that he wasn't necessarily against coal per se, he was just for regulated coal. is that right? >> exactly. exactly. romney during his tenure never said i want the coal plant shut in massachusetts. what he did -- actually this event that obama referenced was actually a really big deal at the time. let me take you through it. because he really stood for really strong environmental regulation. it was february 2003 and this was romney's first big environmental stand. he sat up, he drove up to salem and said, look, you are not going to get an extension o
. >>> well, coal was a hot debate topic last night with president obama blasting mitt romney's record on coal. >> governor, when you were governor of massachusetts you stood in front after coal plant and pointed at it and said, this plant kills. and took great pride in shutting it down. and now suddenly you're a big champion of coal. >> so what is romney's record on coal? joining us now, beth daily, environmental reporter for "the boston globe." beth, thank you...
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mitt romney was campaigning in colorado. for his part, he did not seem to enforce the president at all. take a listen. >> the very idea of raising taxes on small business and job creators at the very time we need more jobs is the sort of thing only an extreme liberal could come up with. >> and larry, there was an interesting moment when mitt romney tried to flip some of the rhetoric that barack obama has been using against him. obama has been hittinging romney as an outsourcer in chief. here's what mitt romney had to say about barack obama arguing that it is the president who's been shipping jobs overseas. take a listen here. >> it is interesting that when it comes to outsourcing that this president has been outsourcing a good deal of american jobs himself. if there's an outsourcing of chief, it's the president of the united states, not the guy running to replace him. >> so larry, an aggressive response here from mitt romney on this question of outskoursing and who's to be blamed for it. clearly the romney campaign wants to
mitt romney was campaigning in colorado. for his part, he did not seem to enforce the president at all. take a listen. >> the very idea of raising taxes on small business and job creators at the very time we need more jobs is the sort of thing only an extreme liberal could come up with. >> and larry, there was an interesting moment when mitt romney tried to flip some of the rhetoric that barack obama has been using against him. obama has been hittinging romney as an outsourcer in...
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>> this is the fascinating debate. remember when the super pac issue came and the supreme court ruled and citizens united? there was a fear money would take over the election. some say it has had little effect since romney isn't plowing ahead especially in the swing states. others on the republican side and the super pacs say without this money romney might be doing even worse. it's hard to tell. >> okay. thank you very much for that. we'll look forward to that later. still ahead, is twitter ready to go public? could you get your hands on twitter? a big interview ahead with the twitter ceo. find out what he said about a flirtation and the way twitter is hoeing to make moneys. >>> plus, would you go hungry to have a smart phone. a crash management system and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. [ male announcer ] the exceedingly nimble, ridiculously agile, tight turning, fun to drive 2013 smart. ♪ >>> time for the results of the yahoo! finan
>> this is the fascinating debate. remember when the super pac issue came and the supreme court ruled and citizens united? there was a fear money would take over the election. some say it has had little effect since romney isn't plowing ahead especially in the swing states. others on the republican side and the super pacs say without this money romney might be doing even worse. it's hard to tell. >> okay. thank you very much for that. we'll look forward to that later. still ahead,...
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plus president obama and mitt romney will be squaring off in the second presidential debate tonight. this is a town hall format. both sides say their candidate is ready. >> mitt's prepared. mitt's confident. mitt's got a good presence about him. >> i'm smiling, i'm giving a thumbs up if he can see it. i assume that he can, so i make sure that i'm always giving him that positive love. >> john harwood will join us onset in just a few minutes with a preview. in fact he's standing right over here. first, though, let's get to the morning top stories. >> united healthcare is reporting, $1.50 a share is pretty good about that well above the estimate of 1.34. united healthcare is also forecasting full year 2012 net of 5.20 to 5.25. with that 16 cent beat in the third quarter, it should make it easier to hit those numbers even without any increase in where the fourth quarter is. the medical care ratio, consolidated care ratio, 79% in the period. third quarter revenue was 27.62 billion. not bad on the first call side. company earned -- or had 27.62 in revenue. so all in all, looks like a prett
plus president obama and mitt romney will be squaring off in the second presidential debate tonight. this is a town hall format. both sides say their candidate is ready. >> mitt's prepared. mitt's confident. mitt's got a good presence about him. >> i'm smiling, i'm giving a thumbs up if he can see it. i assume that he can, so i make sure that i'm always giving him that positive love. >> john harwood will join us onset in just a few minutes with a preview. in fact he's standing...
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for the mano a mano meetings between president obama and governor romney. first one october 3 in colorado on domestic issues with a moderator. secondly the veeps in kentucky on october 11, also with a moderator. romney and obama back on october 16 from new york in a town hall format with questions from undecided voters. finally, we'll watch the foreign policy face-off on october 22 from boca raton, florida. "the kudlow report" will have complete coverage. >>> up next tonight, high tax policy has millionaires fleeing the state of maryland, costing the state a lot of jobs and revenues. our high net worth reporter robert frank has more when we come back. stay in the moment sanya. focus lolo, focus. let's do this. i am from baltimore. south carolina... bloomington, california... austin, texas... we are all here to represent the country we love. this is for everyone back home. it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. >>> the country is in the worst drought in nearly half scene. americans will be paying the price for food. the government rep
for the mano a mano meetings between president obama and governor romney. first one october 3 in colorado on domestic issues with a moderator. secondly the veeps in kentucky on october 11, also with a moderator. romney and obama back on october 16 from new york in a town hall format with questions from undecided voters. finally, we'll watch the foreign policy face-off on october 22 from boca raton, florida. "the kudlow report" will have complete coverage. >>> up next tonight,...
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debates as well as the advertising. >> did you see a different romney? >> it was huge. >> warren, did you feel like you -- >> he's asking if -- did you see a different romney in the first debate? >> well, yeah, i saw him behave differently, yeah. he was less robotic. he was -- he was aggressive without being rude. and obama was down that night. no question about it. that was that huge factor in the campaign. >> you know you've been a huge supporter of the president, do you think it matters who gets elected and what it means just for business next year based on who gets elected. >> well, i do think under either of the two candidates, either one that becomes president, american business is going to get a lot better over the next four years. i think that in terms of social policies, i think if i were a woman concerned about reproductive rights, i think there could be a very distinct difference. if i was concerned about supreme court appointments, there would be a difference. but the economy will get better under either one of them. >> joe, go ahead, i'm sor
debates as well as the advertising. >> did you see a different romney? >> it was huge. >> warren, did you feel like you -- >> he's asking if -- did you see a different romney in the first debate? >> well, yeah, i saw him behave differently, yeah. he was less robotic. he was -- he was aggressive without being rude. and obama was down that night. no question about it. that was that huge factor in the campaign. >> you know you've been a huge supporter of the...
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. >> they rallied yesterday off the perception that romney won the debates. health care, for instance, hitting at another high here. if we take a look at the etf that tracks health care, xlv, that's the new 52-week high, and the kol is up by 1.25%. the financials seem that will do better under a republican administration. kohl's is interesting, jim, because there are a couple of positive analysts out saying that now with nat gas is $3 and maybe there could be a bid for coal. coal in the east is 4 to 5 is where nat gas has to be competitive. and union pacific is the major player in the way coal is shipped out west. union pacific remains a buy. if you want to buy and be reg rouse about it you can buy union pa sick and not pea body. >> some of the japanese automakers are worth watching. the ft has numbers out. the exports of autos to china in the past month have been sharply lower among japanese automakers. toyota was down 40% year on year in the month of september and we're seeing the adrs trade down a percent. >> take a look overall at asian exports. that char
. >> they rallied yesterday off the perception that romney won the debates. health care, for instance, hitting at another high here. if we take a look at the etf that tracks health care, xlv, that's the new 52-week high, and the kol is up by 1.25%. the financials seem that will do better under a republican administration. kohl's is interesting, jim, because there are a couple of positive analysts out saying that now with nat gas is $3 and maybe there could be a bid for coal. coal in the...
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mitt romney and rick santorum clashing on a host of issues during the republican presidential debate. the show down came as the two battle for top positions ascii primaries in arizona and michigan approach on tuesday. they debated health care reform, earmarked spending and the bailouts of the auto and financial industries. >> the whole reason this issue is a lie is because of the bill you drafted in massachusetts, romneycare which was the model for obama care and the take over of health care. [ booing ] [ applause ] >> wait a second. arlan specter, the pro-choice person you supported voted for obamacare. if you had not supported him. if we had said no to him we would not have obamacare. don't look at me. take a look in the mirror. >> for more on the e debate and mitt romney's tax plan we are joined by the ceo of cke restaurants and a mitt romney supporter. whoa, whoa. didn't you just sign kate upton to an advertising deal? >> you went quickly from mitt to kate. i can understand that. >> i'm not one to bury the lead here. tax plans and politics notwithstanding she signed on, right? >>
mitt romney and rick santorum clashing on a host of issues during the republican presidential debate. the show down came as the two battle for top positions ascii primaries in arizona and michigan approach on tuesday. they debated health care reform, earmarked spending and the bailouts of the auto and financial industries. >> the whole reason this issue is a lie is because of the bill you drafted in massachusetts, romneycare which was the model for obama care and the take over of health...
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romney went after governor perry in the early debates. in other words, step by step, sara, you could see this thing developing until it became a horror show last night. by itself it could have changed the election. >> romney clearly was never comfortable on this issue. and that shone through on two levels. one, you were wrong on the position. and two, they looked at you like you were insincere, these voters. and that was a problem for romney. but here's the good news for republicans, larry. ted cruz, marco rubio, suzanna martinez. we've got a great bench of leaders who are hispanic who can go out and lead on this sxish articulate on behalf of the party and we've got it take advantage of that strength. >> and conservatives in the party have got to understand that there will be no conservative governance if they don't develop some sensible immigration policy. i love the ted krus idea. i love the marco rubio idea. but the conservatives -- i'm a conservative. you're a conservative. but you've got to have a head on your shoulders. >> you're ri
romney went after governor perry in the early debates. in other words, step by step, sara, you could see this thing developing until it became a horror show last night. by itself it could have changed the election. >> romney clearly was never comfortable on this issue. and that shone through on two levels. one, you were wrong on the position. and two, they looked at you like you were insincere, these voters. and that was a problem for romney. but here's the good news for republicans,...
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they show advantage romney among registered voters. but the advantage is much smaller than he's going to need in order to win in november. my thought, mitt romney, please give specific. a few key points will do it. also this evening, france's newly elected socialist president says his real economy is the world of finance. he's calling for increased government spending and paying for it by taxing millionaires. does that sound familiar? meanwhile, markets slugged off fears from france and greece and finish virtually flat. >>> richard fisher is my special guest this evening. we'll get his opinion on the fed battle of the beards between ben bernanke and paul krugman. team obama launching an aggressive new ad campaign. it's a battle for the battleground states. $25 million spent already this month for ads in seven swing states. there are still 183 days left until election. cnbc's chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us now with all the details. good evening, john. >> good evening, larry. there's good reason for the obama campai
they show advantage romney among registered voters. but the advantage is much smaller than he's going to need in order to win in november. my thought, mitt romney, please give specific. a few key points will do it. also this evening, france's newly elected socialist president says his real economy is the world of finance. he's calling for increased government spending and paying for it by taxing millionaires. does that sound familiar? meanwhile, markets slugged off fears from france and greece...
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if you guys want to run on defending romney on the auto bailout, i'm welcome to have that debate because you will lose. the american people support that. >> i was completely opposed and i still am opposed. jennifer's right. what is so courageous about the president spending the taxpayers' money on his union friends? what's so great about that? >> bill clinton -- the film tells you it wasn't for his union friends. >> bill clinton had no union friends. that's one of the reasons i liked him so much. >> we would have spent less money had we said to general motors, you know what? you're going to take less money from the taxpayers because you're going to get your own house in order by cutting these labor contracts. they're still at a disadvantage. you're right, we still have overcapacity. >> you're going to lose michigan, ohio, pennsylvania and you may lose indiana if you make that argument. and i hope you do. i hope republicans make that argument because that is an argument for failure. there's no way you're going to win on that. there's no way. >> we will see. i think bailouts are very unpop
if you guys want to run on defending romney on the auto bailout, i'm welcome to have that debate because you will lose. the american people support that. >> i was completely opposed and i still am opposed. jennifer's right. what is so courageous about the president spending the taxpayers' money on his union friends? what's so great about that? >> bill clinton -- the film tells you it wasn't for his union friends. >> bill clinton had no union friends. that's one of the reasons...
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if you want to look at romney, what is the one thing he should do in the next debate? he should go after the fed and talk about savers in individuals and corporations and rebalancing policy a little bit. >> they wouldn't be able to accuse him of not having done that. he's also said he's getting rid of bernanke day one. >> you packed the fed with neokeynesian socialists who don't understand housing is the major conduit for policy. if two-thirds of the country can't get refinanced right now, obviously policy is ineffective and they don't want to deal with this and start with bank of america. i'd put something on zero hedge, i want a big fund to come me to do a hostile takeover of bank of america, restructure it and make money. if you have the vision you can create value and all of the sudden the bank is supporting growth again. >> thank you, we appreciate it. neokeynesian -- >> socialist. >> socialist. i may use that. >> paul krugman. >> yeah. >> let's look at the markets this morning, you'll see the u.s. equity futures are indicated higher, dow futures up by about 42 po
if you want to look at romney, what is the one thing he should do in the next debate? he should go after the fed and talk about savers in individuals and corporations and rebalancing policy a little bit. >> they wouldn't be able to accuse him of not having done that. he's also said he's getting rid of bernanke day one. >> you packed the fed with neokeynesian socialists who don't understand housing is the major conduit for policy. if two-thirds of the country can't get refinanced...
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>>> mitt romney picking up some needed momentum from his performance at the first presidential debate. president obama attempted to turn back some of that criticism by showing, taking a swing back at the gop challenger. listen to this. >> the man on stage last night, he does not want to be held accountable for the real mitt romney decisions and what he's been saying for the last year. governor romney may dance around his decisions but if you want to be president you owe the american people the truth. >> joining us from washington on the debate fallout is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd. you were there. you talked to a the lo of people afterwards. >> i did. >> what is your best guess what happened. this was a surprise to a lot of people watching in terms of president obama's performance. >> what had the biggest impact on me yesterday, i was at the denver rally, i traveled with him back from denver into madison and obviously his base was enthusiastic, being out there to see him, and i interviewed all these folks asking what they thought of the deb
>>> mitt romney picking up some needed momentum from his performance at the first presidential debate. president obama attempted to turn back some of that criticism by showing, taking a swing back at the gop challenger. listen to this. >> the man on stage last night, he does not want to be held accountable for the real mitt romney decisions and what he's been saying for the last year. governor romney may dance around his decisions but if you want to be president you owe the...
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i think we should have a debate. and continue the debate because we haven't solved our problems yet. >> fair enough, congressman. but rick santorum basically making fun of mitt romney's advise advisers, etch-a-sketch comment saying do we want that type of candidate almost implying that if it's not he or romney, then maybe obama would be best left to be reelected. that's the kind of damage some are saying doesn't need to be done because they're just kind of punching each other like robots. you're okay with that? >> no, what right does santorum have to be challenging romney for flip-flopping around? santorum is not exactly a conservative everybody looks at his voting record. i mean, he has voted for all of debt increases and increased department of education and he vo votes for planned parenthood. right now the media pumps him up, he's the ronald reagan alternative to mitt romney. he has no -- he hasn't earned the right to condemn romney because he's not conservative enough because he ought to be looking to his own rec
i think we should have a debate. and continue the debate because we haven't solved our problems yet. >> fair enough, congressman. but rick santorum basically making fun of mitt romney's advise advisers, etch-a-sketch comment saying do we want that type of candidate almost implying that if it's not he or romney, then maybe obama would be best left to be reelected. that's the kind of damage some are saying doesn't need to be done because they're just kind of punching each other like robots....
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big debate between the president and his republican challenger, mitt romney. it wasn't that long ago that rick perry was one of the challengers for the republican nomination for president. i asked him what he thinks romney is going to do tonight and how he is going to do in tonight's debate. >> this president has to defend the debt that's being created and i think governor romney's going to do a very good job of one of growth, of one of allowing the states to be more engaged in policies. >> reporter: so, of course, he thinks romney is going to do good tonight. is he partisan, no doubt about that. we'll see how it plays out. >> david, i understand that you're still going to talk to kyle bass in a few minutes. what is top of questions in your mind? >> kyle is a big macro thinker. he also runs a hedge fund that makes stock picks like everybody else. we're also going to talk about, first off, the growing debt world we're going to talk about that and might talk about stock runs in about ten minutes from now. >> all right. thank you very much, david faber. >> "the w
big debate between the president and his republican challenger, mitt romney. it wasn't that long ago that rick perry was one of the challengers for the republican nomination for president. i asked him what he thinks romney is going to do tonight and how he is going to do in tonight's debate. >> this president has to defend the debt that's being created and i think governor romney's going to do a very good job of one of growth, of one of allowing the states to be more engaged in policies....
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so that produces a sort of level of unhappiness with the process, with the debates that have dragged out, the worst characteristics of the candidate. if mitt romney is able to take a big step forward toward the republ republican thom nation, and then he can wrap it up, it will go on for weeks after that but if it's going on in a positive direction where it looks like he has momentum, he can turn to the general election and try to repair some of the damage that's evident in this poll. >> any sense of where the money stands for the four remaining republ republican candidates? i haven't heard a lot about it in terms of money they have left to spend. >> reporter: well, everybody has cash problems and mitt romney we saw that when he won in michigan was appealing for funds in his victory speech but in the era of the superis s&pac they can puty in and overcome the strictures. the hard thing about raising money under the campaign system, you are limited to a couple thousand per donor. edelson from nevada has given a couple of $5 million chunks to newt gingrich. as long as mitt romney who has
so that produces a sort of level of unhappiness with the process, with the debates that have dragged out, the worst characteristics of the candidate. if mitt romney is able to take a big step forward toward the republ republican thom nation, and then he can wrap it up, it will go on for weeks after that but if it's going on in a positive direction where it looks like he has momentum, he can turn to the general election and try to repair some of the damage that's evident in this poll. >>...
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you heard mitt romney during the debate whether he was asked if he would take $10 in cuts to $1 in revenue, he said no way. paul ryan signed the -- >> and simpson bowles says you need to bring down spending for every $1 that you raise in ef we can't get rid of tax incentives which go to the blook good and the blook good is in the eye of the beholder. simpson bowles is going to be very unpopular on putting limits on how much can you deduct with your mortgage. some of these things are sacred in the eyes of a lot of people. you're going to have to take some pain to get to those numbers. my question is is everything on the table for debate? >> i think we should look at everything in tax reform. the fundamental principle needs to be we don't make our tax code less progressive. we don't shift the burden in the tax code from higher income individuals to middle income individuals. if you look at the proposals put on the table so far by the romney/ryan campaign, the tax center, their analysis, says middle-income families will pay about $2,000 more in order to make the cuts, if you make the assumpti
you heard mitt romney during the debate whether he was asked if he would take $10 in cuts to $1 in revenue, he said no way. paul ryan signed the -- >> and simpson bowles says you need to bring down spending for every $1 that you raise in ef we can't get rid of tax incentives which go to the blook good and the blook good is in the eye of the beholder. simpson bowles is going to be very unpopular on putting limits on how much can you deduct with your mortgage. some of these things are...
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he won 44 states in that election, that is a model that mitt romney would love to emulate, but we'll see. you know, the model that president obama may hope to emulate as president bush in 2004 who john kerry was with him all the way to the end but bush had enough states to barely tip over ohio in the end, enough strength to tip over ohio and therefore the electoral college. >> it's ohio again. >> john, the "new york post" today i'm not sure if you've seen this, the headline they've got the secret reason that chris christie decided not to put his name in, that he thinks romney might lose. what's the buzz there? have you heard anything about this and it's awkward to have a story like this out there when chris christie is the one who is kicking off at the keynote speech at the convention. >> look, i don't think it's any secret to anybody that romney might lose. i mean, obama might lose, too. you talk to their people, nobody thinks this thing is in the bag and one of the things i found interesting is, when you look ahead at a convention like this, you've got people around both candidates
he won 44 states in that election, that is a model that mitt romney would love to emulate, but we'll see. you know, the model that president obama may hope to emulate as president bush in 2004 who john kerry was with him all the way to the end but bush had enough states to barely tip over ohio in the end, enough strength to tip over ohio and therefore the electoral college. >> it's ohio again. >> john, the "new york post" today i'm not sure if you've seen this, the...
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the debate schedule is basically finished so that opportunity for free publicity is now largely behind us. i think this will start to shake out now more quickly. >> if we could just change the top being -- >> let's talk about the fed, steve. >> we could talk about the fed. i'm not sure -- >> you sure? >> i want to ask you about corporate tax reform, which is out there on the table, there are a couple proposals, a republican and democratic proposal. i want to ask you more about the chances that some of these loopholes actually go away and what kind of impact that would have on a ceo or corporation that had invested based upon existing loopholes, then lost those loopholes. >> first, i have argued for a long time that we need a drastically simpler tax code as well as a lower tax rate, a simpler tax code is critically important, especially for small businesses who are still flat on their back in this country. however, to answer your very specific question, i think as a ceo i would welcome and applaud a lower tax rate and a stable and simpler tax regime far more than all of the calculating
the debate schedule is basically finished so that opportunity for free publicity is now largely behind us. i think this will start to shake out now more quickly. >> if we could just change the top being -- >> let's talk about the fed, steve. >> we could talk about the fed. i'm not sure -- >> you sure? >> i want to ask you about corporate tax reform, which is out there on the table, there are a couple proposals, a republican and democratic proposal. i want to ask...
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mitt romney has already made it clear to house republicans. he's going to be the partner in the white house we have been waiting for who will sit down at the table and get serious about the tough decisions that will lower the code, make us competitive again around the world, eliminate loopholes. i have no doubt where he's going to go. >> i think the energy deregulation is terrific. i think the school of choice is terrific. i think the balanced budget is terrific. if you're talking growth you've got to talk taxes. taxes give everybody a break. the left doesn't like it, so they are trying to make a hullabaloo. tax gives everybody incentive, reward and it frees up the economy. >> just one point, larry. you've got to give the president credit for talking about trade, especially with this president. to have someone step out and say it's time to tear down the american need not apply signs around the world, let us compete. >> i give him credit. >> extra points for that. >> i would like him to use your monetary stability act and talk about the gold co
mitt romney has already made it clear to house republicans. he's going to be the partner in the white house we have been waiting for who will sit down at the table and get serious about the tough decisions that will lower the code, make us competitive again around the world, eliminate loopholes. i have no doubt where he's going to go. >> i think the energy deregulation is terrific. i think the school of choice is terrific. i think the balanced budget is terrific. if you're talking growth...